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Update: Hardy agrees to three-year extension with Orioles
1:34pm: According to Roch Kubatko, Hardy and the Orioles have agreed to a three-year extension worth $40M or so. Scratch him of the list.
12:00pm: Via Dan Martin: Orioles shortstop and impending free agent J.J. Hardy said he will listen to the Yankees if they come calling this offseason. "It's not something I can look into the future and see what's going to happen. I've just got to focus on helping our team right now and obviously the playoff this year. But if it comes to it, I'll have to think about it more," he said. "This is my fourth year here and I feel like this organization, we're going in the right direction. It's a good group of guys here. It's something if they came to me, I would listen, also."
Hardy, 32, hit .268/.309/.372 (90 wRC+) with nine homers in 141 games this year while missing time with lower back problems. He hit 20+ homers every year from 2011-13 as well as in 2007-08, plus he's a very good defender despite an unconventional over-the-top throwing motion that makes you wonder if the ball will make it to first base on the fly. There will be a bunch of quality shortstops on the market this winter and Hardy is probably the best two-way player, though the back trouble dates back to last year and that's kinda scary. Jhonny Peralta signed a four-year, $52M contract last winter and I suspect Hardy will get something similar even though he'll cost a draft pick to sign. · (333) ·
The Five Shortest Yankees' Homers of 2014By · Comments
Earlier this week we looked back at the five longest homeruns of the 2014 Yankees' season, and now it's time to flip the script. We're now going to look at the shortest homers of the season. This post is made possible first by Hit Tracker and all its wonderful and freely available data, and also by the new Yankee Stadium and it's cozy right field post. I honestly look more forward to writing this post than the longest homers post each year because these cheap homers make me laugh.
The shortest homer in baseball this year was, of course, an inside the parker. Brandon Barnes hit it and it only traveled 304 feet. Yes, there was a missed dive involved. Here's the video. Usually there are a few 200-something-foot inside the parkers that bloop in and take a weird bounce by an outfielder, but not this year apparently. The shortest homerun to actually leave the yard this season was this David Ortiz blast that wrapped out the Pesky Pole, which traveled only 318 feet. Only two other dingers traveled less than 330 feet this year. Here are the 2012 and 2013 shortest homeruns posts. Now for the 2014 edition.
5. July 2nd: Brian McCann vs. Jake Odorizzi
As you might suspect, Yankee Stadium will be featured prominently in this post. The fifth shortest homer of the Yankees' season was a cheapie to right field, the kind of homer that McCann was never able to hit in Turner Field all those years with the Braves. Odorizzi left a 90 mph heater up in the zone, McCann flicked his wrists, and hit a high fly ball that landed just beyond the wall in the field field corner. This one had a nice big arch to it. Hit Tracker says it traveled 342 feet, which is hard to believe. Doesn't look like it went much farther than the 314 on the wall, but whatever. The dinger left McCann's bat at 94.5 mph.
4. August 23rd: Carlos Beltran vs. Scott Carroll
This homerun a) came on Joe Torre Day at Yankee Stadium, and b) was so short that White Sox manager Robin Ventura had it reviewed to make sure a fan didn't reach over the wall to grab it. The replay confirmed the initial call though, that it left the yard for a sixth inning solo homerun. Beltran had just received a cortisone shot in his troublesome elbow, and even though it barely snuck over the wall, it was a sign he was feeling good enough to swing the bat. The ball traveled only 339 feet with an exit velocity of 94.4 mph.
3. September 24th: Mark Teixeira vs. Brad Brach
Technically, this homer didn't go over the fence. It was stopped short by the foul pole. This Teixeira blast was the team's third shortest homer of the year, clanking off the bottom of the pole in right field. I'd say no more than 10-15 feet up the pole from the top of the wall. In a park with a normal sized right field, it would have continued to slice foul and that would be that. The at-bat would have continued. Instead, the Yankees walked away with a pair of runs. Yankee Stadium giveth and Yankees Stadium taketh, I guess. Teixeira's dinger traveled only 335 feet and left his bat at 98.5 mph.
2. September 14th: Brian McCann vs. Darren O'Day
Believe it or not, this short dinger was not hit at Yankee Stadium. It was hit at Camden Yards and it was kind of a big deal for a few minutes. The Yankees were barely hanging on in the wildcard race at the time and they were tied 1-1 with the Orioles in the ninth inning on Sunday Night Baseball. O'Day's sinker stayed out over the plate and didn't sink, a pitch that is more or less a batting practice fastball coming from an opposite hand sidearmer. McCann hammered it to right and just over the big wall with the scoreboard. The Yankees eventually lost the game in walk-off fashion but, for at least a little while, McCann gave the team some hope. This homer went 333 feet with a 97.7 mph exit velocity.
1. June 17th: Brett Gardner vs. Marcus Stroman
I'm disappointed Gardner hit the shortest homer of the season because it's almost cliche. The scrappy little speed guy willing the ball just over the fence, that sorta thing. Lame. Anyway, this was nothing more than a hanging slider that Gardner tomahawked down the right field line and off the Yankee Stadium foul ball. Teixeira's ball clanked 10-15 up the pole, right? This one hit about six feet up the pole, that's all. It was barely high enough and it would have sailed foul had right feet been 315 feet away from home plate instead of 314 feet away. At 331 feet and 98.9 mph off the bat, this was the shortest homer hit by a Yankee and fourth shortest outside the park homerun in baseball overall this past season. Though I guess it really didn't leave the park. You know what I mean.
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Got some bad news to pass along: Bill Madden and Filip Bondy report the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center on the campus of Montclair State was broken into last night and several pieces of memorabilia from Yogi's career were stolen. The thieves were described as a "team of professionals" who targeted very specific pieces. The investigation is ongoing. Hopefully they catch these guys and Yogi's stuff is returned. People are the worst.
Here is your open thread for the night. There's no baseball tonight — the ALCS and NLCS begin Friday and Saturday, respectively — but hockey seasons starts, so that's cool. NBC Sports Network is showing a few games though none of the Rangers, Islanders, or Devils are playing. The Knicks are also playing a preseason game. Talk about any of that stuff and more right here.
Forbes: Yankees, YES Network among most valuable brands in sports
Forbes published their #brand value rankings yesterday, and, unsurprisingly, both the Yankees and the YES Network rate very highly. Despite a second straight postseason-less year, the Yankees saw their brand value increase from $443M to $531M in 2014, the highest among all pro sports teams. Real Madrid is second at $484M. YES was the seventh highest business brand, going from $625M to $680M. It's behind companies like Nike and Adidas, among others.
According to the write-up, the team's brand value "captures the name recognition and incremental earnings power that comes with winning 27 World Series. But it omits the portion of the team's media, ticket and concession revenue that any team playing in the Bronx would get, and also excludes the $26 million that each of the 30 MLB teams took in from broadcasters Fox , TBS and ESPN in 2013." Earlier this year Forbes valued the Yankees at an estimated $2.5 billion, making them the fourth most valuable sports franchise in the world. · (114) ·
Prospect Profile: Jacob LindgrenBy · Comments
Jacob Lindgren | LHP
Lindgren, who will turn 22 in March, is from Bay St. Louis in Mississippi, which is about 50 miles outside New Orleans. He played both football and baseball at St. Stanislaus High School and won state championships in both sports. Lindgren had a 1.26 ERA with 197 strikeouts in 107.1 innings as a junior and senior while earning All-State honors. The Cubs selected him in the 12th round of the 2011 draft, but he did not sign and instead followed through on his commitment to Mississippi State.
As a freshman with the Bulldogs, Lindgren was a middle reliever who eventually worked his way into the rotation and made two starts late in the year. He finished the season with a 3.18 ERA and a 24/7 K/BB in 28.1 innings across 14 appearances, including the two starts. Lindgren was named to the Conference Freshman Academic Honor Roll and played summer ball with the East Texas Pump Jacks of the Texas Collegiate League.
The late season audition didn't just earn Lindgren a rotation spot as a sophomore, he started on Opening Day and was the team's Friday night starter for much of the year. Lindgren had a 4.18 ERA in 56 innings spread across 14 starts, striking out 65 and walking 18. He was again named to the Conference Academic Honor Roll. After the season, Lindgren pitched for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Code, posting a 4.15 ERA with six strikeouts and one walk in 4.2 relief innings.
Lindgren moved back into the bullpen full-time his junior year once it was decided the whole starting thing wasn't going to work out. He quickly emerged as one of the top relievers in the country, pitching to a 0.81 ERA with 100 strikeouts and 25 walks in 55.1 innings. He was used as a multi-inning high-leverage reliever rather, not as the closer. Lindgren was a candidate for both the Stopper of the Year Award (top reliever) and Gregg Olson Award (breakout player) in addition to being named to the Conference Academic Honor Roll a third time.
Prior to the 2014 draft, Baseball America and Keith Law (subs. req'd) ranked Lindgren as the 50th and 67th best prospect in the draft class, respectively. Baseball America had him as the second best prospect in the state of Mississippi. The Yankees selected Lindgren in the second round (55th overall) of this June's draft, which was their top pick. He signed within about a week of the draft for the full slot $1,018,700 bonus.
Pro Debut
Lindgren made his pro debut two weeks after signing and it was nothing more than a tune-up appearance with the rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees. He struck out two in a scoreless inning. The Yankees bumped Lindgren up to Low-A Charleston (5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K), then to High-A Tampa (7.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 17 K), then to Double-A Trenton (11.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 9 BB, 18 K). All told, Lindgren struck out 48 batters and walked 13 in 25 pro innings after signing (2.16 ERA).
Scouting Report
Listed at 5-foot-11 and anywhere from 180-205 lbs., Lindgren is a short little lefty who regularly sits in the 92-95 mph range his fastball, which runs back inside on lefties. His moneymaker is a vicious low-to-mid-80s slider with hard and late break that chews up righties and lefties alike. Lindgren turns his back to hitters during his delivery and the deception helps his fastball-slider combo play up. Here's some video:
Lindgren does not have a changeup nor will he need one going forward because he's a full-time reliever — both Brian Cashman and amateur scouting director Damon Oppenheimer confirmed he will remain in the bullpen going forward. His fastball sits in the upper-80s as a starter and his command is just okay overall, so there isn't enough upside to make it worth trying him in the rotation. Lindgren played against top competition in the SEC throughout his college career and his makeup is said to be well-suited for a late-inning role.
2015 Outlook
The Yankees will invite Lindgren to big league Spring Training next year and the expectation is that he will be given every opportunity to win a bullpen job. If he doesn't, he'll go to Triple-A Scranton and bide his time. The Yankees didn't draft Lindgren with their top pick — even if it was in the second round — to coddle him in the minors for several years. They aggressively moved him up the ladder this summer and he'll make his MLB debut at some point next season, likely sooner rather than later. If he doesn't, then something went very wrong.
My Take
I don't love the idea of taking a reliever with your top pick, though the Yankees did not have a first rounder and these days the talent comes off the board fairly linearly. The best players go first. Their options with the 55th overall selection were some raw high schoolers — the kind of players they haven't had much success developing lately — or a near-MLB-ready reliever. They opted for a reliever and Lindgren will help him in some capacity this season. I like that Lindgren has an elite put-away pitch in his slider and that he isn't just a specialist; he's an Andrew Miller-esque southpaw who will be able to pitch full innings against both lefties and righties. It'll be nice to see a top draft pick pay some immediate dividends after these last few years.
King: Yankees do not appear to have serious interest in Yasmany Tomas
Via George King: The Yankees do not appear to have serious interest in free agent Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas, who is expected to receive a nine-figure contract. "He is a good player, but for $100M? I don't know. He is better than [Rusney Castillo], but that doesn't mean he is worth $100M," said one evaluator to King.
Tomas, who turns 24 next month, worked out for scouts two weeks ago and King says the Yankees attended the showcase. He's been traveling around for private workouts these last two weeks though it's unclear if the Yankees invited him to Tampa for one. I've been saying this the whole time: if Tomas truly looks to be a middle of the order right-handed hitter with power, the Yankees should be all over him. Guys with that skillset at age (almost) 24 don't come around all that often. · (324) ·
The 2014 season is over and it's time to look back at the year that was. Our old What Went Right/Wrong format has gotten stale, so it's time for a new review format. We'll review individual players, performances, tendencies, all sorts of stuff in the coming days and weeks.
It happens every year like clockwork. Some seldom-known player shows up to Spring Training, has a strong camp, and fans clamor for him to make the team. He doesn't, he goes to Triple-A, he performs exactly like he has every other year in his career, and fans forget about him by June. Happens to every team every year. This isn't something unique to the Yankees. But, every once in a while, that player does stick.
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The Legend of Yangervis Solarte started in early January, when the Yankees signed the then-26-year-old minor league journeyman to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The Tigers were after him as well, but Solarte was put off by their Ian Kinsler pickup because it blocked a potential spot for him. The Yankees flexed their financial muscle and signed him to a nice deal worth $22,000 per month in the minors. That's big bucks for a minor league deal.
Solarte came to Spring Training and was lumped into the infield competition with guys like Dean Anna, Eduardo Nunez, Zelous Wheeler, and Scott Sizemore. He was a total afterthought. No one knew who he was and his minor league track record wasn't particularly impressive — .282/.331/.404 (~91 wRC+) in over 1,100 plate appearances at Triple-A with the Rangers from 2012-13 — so there wasn't much of a reason to get excited. Solarte switch-hit and he could play all over the field, which is great, but a ton of guys in the minors do that.
Then, in camp, Solarte was that guy. That guy who just hit and hit and hit. He played a different position just about everyday — Solarte played five games at second, eleven at short, four at third, and five in left during Grapefruit League play — and just kept hitting. Solarte ended Spring Training with a .410/.452/.615 batting line in 47 plate appearances while facing mostly MLB caliber pitching according to Baseball-Reference's quality of competition metric. He was the guy. The guy everyone wanted to make the team but was destined for Triple-A.
But then something weird happened: Solarte actually made the team. The Yankees decided enough was enough and it was time to move on from Nunez, who was designated for assignment before Opening Day and traded to the Twins for a Single-A arm. Solarte took Nunez's roster spot and his uniform number, No. 26. With Brendan Ryan starting the season on the disabled list a back problem, the first five or six weeks of the regular season were essentially a continuation of the Spring Training competition between Solarte and Anna, who also made the club.
Solarte's first career big league plate appearance was not exactly a garbage time situation — he pinch-hit for Kelly Johnson against the left-handed Kevin Chapman with two men on the base and the Yankees down 2-0 in the seventh inning of the second game of the season. Solarte banged into a 4-6-3 double play to kill the rally and later popped up to end the game in his second plate appearance. It wasn't the most exciting MLB debut after such a stellar camp, but what can you do. It was two plate appearances and I'm sure he was nervous.
The Solarte Partay began in earnest the next day, when Joe Girardi gave Solarte is first career start (at third base) with the lefty Brett Oberholtzer on the mound. Solarte recorded his first big league hit on a ground ball single back up the middle in his first at-bat then scored his first career run on Carlos Beltran's single later in the inning. He doubled to left field in his next at-bat and singled again in his third at-bat, which was nothing more than an infield pop-up the Astros didn't catch because they're the Astros:
That was also his first career run batted in. I'm sure he'll tell his grandkids it was a screaming line drive into the gap but they won't believe him. This is the internet age and they'll pull up the video on their phones or whatever the hell the kids carry in the future.
Anyway, the 3-for-3 showing earned Solarte another start the next day. Two doubles in that game earned him another start the next day. Two singles in that game kept him in the lineup the next day. And on and on it went. Solarte went 11-for-22 in his first six starts and 19-for-49 (.388) in his first 14 starts. He also started an around-the-horn triple play in the middle of April, in his 16th career game:
Even if he hadn't come out of the gate so strong, Solarte would have stayed in the starting lineup anyway because Mark Teixeira's hamstring injury forced Johnson to play first base. Solarte took advantage of the opportunity and just kept hitting. Through April he had a .303/.404/.461 (147 wRC+) batting line and through May he had a .288/.361/.441 (126 wRC+) batting line. He hit his first career homerun off Grant Balfour in the same game as the triple play.
Of course, there were slumps along the way. Slumps that made you think the Solarte Partay was over and he was going back to being a minor league journeyman. There was the 2-for-19 (.105) in late-April, the 1-for-14 (.071) in mid-May, and the 2-for-24 (.083) in late-May. Solarte rebounded well those times, but his June slump effectively ended his time in pinstripes. He went 10-for-61 (.164) in June, including an ugly 0-for-28 skid that spanned nine team games.
Solarte's season batting line sat at a still respectable .263/.345/.404 (112 wRC+) after the 0-for-28, though the blush was off the rose and he was trending in the wrong direction. The Yankees shipped him to Triple-A Scranton on July 3rd — the move cleared a 25-man roster spot for Wheeler — hoping he would find his strike in the minors. Solarte went 12-for-20 (.600) with three doubles in five games with the RailRiders before being recalled on July 10th, when Beltran was placed on the 7-day concussion disabled list.
After appearing in just four more games with the Yankees — he went 1-for-10 in those four games — Solarte was traded to the Padres with Single-A pitching prospect Rafael DePaula for Chase Headley on July 22nd. The Yankees got what they could out of him then cashed in their chip for a third base upgrade. Solarte finished his time in pinstripes with a .254/.337/.381 (104 wRC+) line with six homers, 30 walks, and 34 strikeouts in 289 plate appearances. He played adequate defense at mostly third base but also saw time time at second and at short.
Following the trade to San Diego, Solarte hit .267/.336/.355 (101 wRC+) with four homers, 23 walks, and 24 strikeouts in 246 plate appearances while splitting his time between second, short, third, and left field. An oblique injury hampering him late-August. Ultimately, his numbers with the Yankees and his numbers with the Padres look very similar. Headley was a big boost at third base both at the plate and in the field. I'm guessing both sides were happy with the trade.
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Solarte was found money for the Yankees. They can talk all they want about how they thought he could be a useful player when they signed him, but I'm guessing that if you gave the team's decision-makers and pro scouts a truth serum, they'd tell you they didn't expect him to be a better than league-average hitter for nearly 300 plate appearances. They milked Solarte for all they could then used him to acquire a legitimate upgrade before his stock took a nose dive.
It's very rare that the guy in Spring Training turns out to be The Guy like Solarte. He has some skills, most notably versatility and a good approach to go along with bat-to-ball ability from both sides of the plate, and he capitalized on every opportunity the Yankees gave him early in the season. Solarte was a huge lift when the team had question marks all around the infield and a nice trade chip when something better came along. He was right guy at the right time on more than one occasion in 2014.
According to Matt Eddy, the Yankees have re-signed RHP Diego Moreno and C Francisco Arcia. They both became six-year minor league free agents after the season. Also, LHP Josh Outman elected free agency rather than accept his outright assignment. He was designated for assignment last month when the Yankees claimed Eury Perez off waivers.
AzFL Scottsdale Scorpions (7-4 win over Salt River) Tuesday was Opening Night in the Arizona Fall League
- DH Greg Bird: 3-5, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K — this is a big time hitter's league, he should put up some nice numbers here
- RF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
- C Peter O'Brien: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — no, he's no longer a Yankees farmhand, but he played for Salt River tonight so I included him for old time's sake
The Yankees also sent OF Aaron Judge, 3B Dante Bichette Jr., C Kyle Higashioka, RHP Caleb Cotham, RHP Branden Pinder, and RHP Alex Smith to the AzFL, though they didn't play tonight. Bichette replaced 3B Eric Jagielo, who had his face broken by a pitch in Instructional League a week ago.
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Here is your open thread for the night. The Dodgers and Cardinals are playing Game Three of the NLDS right now (on FOX Sports 1) while later tonight the Giants and Nationals will play Game Three of their NLDS (9pm ET on FOX Sports 1). The Cardinals and Giants are both up two games to one in the series. Feel free to talk about those games or anything else right here.
(Thanks to reader Stephen Kennedy for sending in the video.)
AP: Qualifying offer set at $15.3M for 2014-15 offseason
Via the AP: The qualifying offer for free agents will be $15.3M this coming offseason. It is set at the average of the top 125 salaries in the game. Teams have until five days after the end of the World Series to make the qualifying offer, then players get seven days to accept or rejent the offer. No player has accepted the qualifying offer in its three years of existence but that may change this winter following the Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales (and Ervin Santana!) fiascoes.
The Yankees have one slam dunk qualifying offer candidate in David Robertson. They can not make the offer to Chase Headley, Brandon McCarthy, or Drew because they were acquired at midseason. Several big market teams will seek bullpen help this winter (Dodgers, Tigers), so Robertson will be a hot commodity as a free agent. If he accepts, great, the Yankees will have him on a high-priced one-year deal. (They could always work out a multi-year deal after that.) If not, then at least they'll get a draft pick if he goes elsewhere. It's worth noting the Yankees made Hiroki Kuroda the qualifying offer in each of the last two years. They could do so again if they want him back in 2015. · (121) ·


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First Match Announced For Tonight's Raw, Rating For Last Week's SmackDown
by Amish Patel - January 30, 2012
– Before tonight's Raw SuperShow, Dolph Ziggler demanded that WWE.com's video crew follow him as he confronted WWE Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and Raw Interim General Manager John Laurinaitis to demand a WWE Championship rematch against CM Punk. "Mr. Excitement," however, said he will instead face Randy Orton on tonight's show.
Video of the backstage confrontation is available here.
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The program averaged 3.141 million viewers over the course of two hours, down six percent compared to 3.32 million viewers the week before.
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Bring or buy a cooler?
We will be checking into POR next week and know there is a chance we won't have fridge. It's not a big deal for us, but would like to at least have cold drinks and milk for breakfast. So what I'm wondering is, if I will have any problem buying a small, cheap styrofoam cooler once we get there. We will have a rental car but I'm wondering if everyone is buying them, will they be scarce in the area stores? :confused3 My other choice will be to buy and pack a small soft collapsible cooler. Has anyone tried or had problems buying a cooler once there??
I say take your chances and then buy one there if you need to. If you can't find one, you could even buy a small bucket and refill it with ice every day. They have been replacing fridges at a faster rate than anticipated, so I would not be surprised if you had one in the room.
I was told at Music when we checked in Aug 4 that all gift shops sold the Styrofoam ones. I checked and they had them at $6.95. Don't forget to ask for your $15/night credit if there is no fridge in your room at check in as they will not offer it to you on their own. Have a great trip.:)
In past, I have taken the resort bus to DTD and walked to Hess.. About 5 minute walk.. Purchased a foam cooler and drinks, chips, etc and taken them back to hotel.. They've always had plenty.. I've done this on more than one occasion..
Get off of the bus at the second stop at DTD which used to be for Pleasure Island. You will see the Hess station right across the street from the bus stops. It was that way last year but with the construction I don't know if this has changed. I would also like to know if it is the same as we are going in Sept. We always pick up some water, breakfast items, and beer.:drinking1
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Australian scientists say further research is urgently required to quantify the environmental risks and benefits of engineered artificial flooding.
Dr Nick Bond and Dr Stephen Balcombe from Griffith University's Australian Rivers Institute are among experts seeking solutions to the challenges posed by the need for equitable water allocation and ecological health and sustainability.
Their paper, Ecological risks and opportunities from engineered artificial flooding as a means of achieving environmental flow objectives, has been published in the Ecological Society of America journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
With input from Griffith University, the University of Melbourne, Charles Darwin University, The University of WA and the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, the paper says human demand for fresh water has led to global reductions in the productivity of floodplain ecosystems.
"In areas facing water stress, engineering solutions are increasingly being used to meet human needs and ecosystem requirements," it says, adding that infrastructure includes levees, weirs, regulators and pumps to control water levels and delivery.
Despite a likely expansion of engineered flooding to counter water scarcity, scientists warn it does not mimic all the features and consequences of natural flooding. They say it also risks failing to maintain and restore ecosystem processes and river-floodplain connectivity that support diverse and productive riverine ecosystems.
Of particular concern in Australia is the Murray-Darling Basin, an area of more than a million square kilometres spread across four states and almost 15 per cent of the continent.
The basin was devastated by drought from the mid-1990s and through the first decade of the 2000s, forcing the Murray-Darling Basin Authority – through its Living Murray Program – to spend millions on engineering infrastructure to alleviate a desperate situation.
"Our concern is that in the future we may come to over-rely on water management structures originally used as an emergency measure and to complement natural flooding," says Dr Bond.
"The next drought cycle will be very interesting, with potential consequences for fish and invertebrates, bird and plant life and other ecological processes. That's why more research is needed."
Dr Bond says it is pleasing that some of the necessary research to better manage artificial flooding is already underway, but cautions that the ecological importance of natural flooding should not be forgotten.
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One of the most far-reaching economic and cultural shifts of our time is well under way as a growing number of women take on the role of primary family breadwinner.
Liza Mundy, an award-winning reporter for The Washington Post who has covered work/family issues for much of her career, uses research data and primary interviews to document the trend in her latest book, The Richer Sex. How the new majority of female breadwinners is transforming sex, love, and family (Simon & Schuster, 2012).A primary driver of women's ascending economic power in the U.S. is the new generation of females who are better educated and in many cases more ambitions than their male peers.
"Women are now out-achieving men in terms of college completion," Mundy told Travel Weekly PLUS. "There are more women than men getting undergraduate degrees as well as masters and doctorates. I attended college in the late '70s, early '80s, and women were not quite at parity. They certainly weren't at parity on my [Princeton University] campus."
At the same time, evidence that more and more women out-earn men is mounting. A majority of female graduates command higher first-job salaries than their male peers, and according to U.S. government data 40% of all working wives in the U.S. now earn more than their husbands.
"It seemed as though we had reached a tipping-point," Mundy said. "It was becoming a common enough phenomenon that it was worth examining the causes and the consequences."
The is the first excerpt from a dialogue between Mundy and Travel Weekly PLUS Editor in Chief Diane Merlino, edited for length and clarity.
Merlino: Where did the research you did for the book lead you?Mundy: The main finding is that more and more women are emerging as the breadwinner in their households. In the cases of married women, the federal government keeps track of how many wives out-earn their husbands. Among working wives the percentage has steadily increased over the past 25 years, and close to 40% of working wives now out-earn their husbands.
At the same time, we have growth in the number of women who are raising households alone. The percentage of children being born to single moms is now 40%. My book looks at both married women who are out-earning their partners and single women who are breadwinners by default and in some cases single moms.
In a nutshell that's the phenomenon I'm describing in the book.
Merlino: These are pretty significant trends. Mundy: I was also looking at the causes behind women's economic ascendance, and that would include women's increasing educational dominance. It would also include changes in the workforce where to a certain extent we are moving away from a manufacturing-based, industrial economy that traditionally favored men. So causes include changes in the economy and changes in women's educational level and academic preparation for the workforce.
Merlino: Would you say those are the two primary causes or the underlying magma that's shifting things above ground?Mundy: Yeah. I'm trying to explore the impact this has on people's personal lives, and then it all becomes interrelated. For example, what I was seeing more and more among younger women is that if they're dating somebody and if the young woman's academic credentials are better, or if her career seems to be more promising, then in an increasing number of cases young men are saying to their girlfriends or wives, "I'll move for your career. I'll facilitate your career."
As we all know, personal lives impact and reinforce what's going on in the workplace. So it's not just about education, it's not just about the economy. It's about the decisions that individual couples make that can fuel the trend.
Merlino: What you're outlining here is basically a new economic order, with many more women on top as the primary breadwinners. Were you looking for that trend when you started out doing the research?Mundy: No, I really didn't know that that's what I was looking at. There were books in the 1980s and '90s on women as breadwinners, but at that point it was still really quite unusual. Those books, which are very interesting, didn't necessarily describe a large swath of women.
Until I started doing the reporting and looking at those numbers that the federal government generates, I didn't realize how much more mainstream and common the situation is becoming. And it wasn't until I started researching the history of marriage that I came to realize how very new it is for women, particularly in marriage, to have any kind of economic role or rights.
Merlino: Tell us a little about that.Mundy: I knew enough about the history of marriage to know that women had been disenfranchised. But up until the late 19th century, women could not own property in marriage, and they did not have the right to their own wages. And society in general felt that this was crucial for marriage to exist at all, and to exist on terms that were considered desirable — for the man to be the household leader and for the woman to be subservient. Newspapers and other cultural sources at the time spoke of that as being important.
Up until fairly recently, the extent that marriage depended on women's economic subservience or disenfranchisement was something that I have to confess I had not been fully aware of.
Merlino: Have you found there's a concurrent increase in the number of women in senior executive or decision-making positions within companies as part of their increase in earning power?Mundy: Well, we're still waiting. There are some lagging indicators here. The halls of Congress are one, and CEO offices are another. There are other people who are better experts on this than I am. I think the last Fortune 500 list had more female executives on it than ever before, but it was still a pretty small number. As in Congress, we are seeing progress but not mass representation at this point.
Merlino: Is the increase in women's economic power separate from women assuming top positions in the corporate world?Mundy: No, I don't think it is. It's true that corporate America is still one of the last holdouts. Certain fields have been much more conducive to women joining them, like medicine. Women are getting medical degrees pretty much at parity with men, and they're finding that the workday is conducive to having a family while also maintaining your career, particularly in fields like internal medicine and OB/GYN.
Even though the legal field is not perfect for women in terms of making partner, it's probably more conducive than corporate America. It's still hardest for women with MBAs to rise to the top and achieve dominance. Certainly, it's happening. After my book came out, I interviewed and talked to a lot of women CEOs. They're clearly out there and rising up in these corporations, but they're definitely still meeting with barriers and roadblocks.
Merlino: If the trend toward women out-earning men continues unabated will we reach a point where women out-earn men as a rule rather than the exception?Mundy: That's the question: Will the gender pay gap flip? I'm not a master grapher, but the percentage of working wives out-earning their husbands has been going up steadily since the late 1980s, when the government started tracking it. You can plot that rise. If the trend were to continue at its same pace, somewhere around 2036 or 2037 it would rise over 50%. Again, this is working wives.
Now, the trend could arrest. It could stop. It could plateau. But given the fact that we've got this generation of women now who are better educated than their male peers, and that studies show that they're more ambitious than their male peers, it might not stop.
Merlino: What sort of forces could arrest or slow the trend toward the increase in female breadwinners? Mundy: If the economy changes and the manufacturing jobs that have traditionally been available to men and that pretty much went away in the recession come back booming, that could arrest it. Or if for some reason we don't move into this knowledge economy the way we seem to be.
The other thing that could arrest it is if women say, "You know what? We actually don't want this. We really do want to be the secondary earner and have the freedom to go in and out of the workforce and make choices about whether to stay home with our kids."
When I was doing talks after my book came out, a young woman introducing me held my book up and said, "You know, this is actually kind of scary." So, if women find it too daunting to be the primary earner in their households or if they face too much stigma — if women resist it — that could stop it.
NEXT WEEK: Liza Mundy on how the growing economic dominance of women is transforming business.
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This school is decent as long as your child is not on an IEP. Parents be warned, if your child is on an IEP for anything other than academic issues, i.e. behavioral or emotional, DO NOT send your kid here if you have a choice. The teachers are not trained to deal with kids that don't need special ed classes. The way they deal with kids with IEP's sets them up to fail. Then they wait until they are already failing to want to meet with you. It's not fair to children on IEP's to have to learn how to deal with people and different situations in life when the teachers commissioned to teach them have not taken the time to learn how to deal with the children they work with. The communication at that school is worthless.
I am so impressed with the principal of this school. She takes immediate action and solves a students problem 'now' and 'not later'. My grandson struggled with math and after the principal suggesting and 'doing' he came home from his new math class and was so excited he could not stop talking about what he had learned in just the first class. He was almost depressed with math until this point, felt defeated and did not know his math. I wish the principal could have seen and heard him when he came home school on Monday.....it was exciting even for a Grandparent! Thank You Principal! Your sure doing your job!
This school is the nicest school I had seen a child go to but I do fear not that sanitary. Over all this is a wonderful school for children to attend!!=)
They have a robust AVID program, and ASB in 05/06 had great teachers. It's hard to find out about extracurricular activities, they dont' post it well. They do have classes for the higher level students who all seem to try hard and actually do their work. They have a phone message system where the teacher can leave the parents a voice mail at home to give dailly progress.
Great school. Very positive faculty, interactive with the kids.
A lot of the teachers could be better, especially in Language Arts. One of the 8th grade history teachers is wonderful, young and great!
Loma Vista is not a good school, and has limited extra curriculum. My daughter who attended Loma Vista did not enjoy her two year experiance that she had. The math department or a certain teacher, was a big problem. Loma vista is horrible school and I wouldn't recommend this school to any parent who cares about their childs education. Loma Vista encourages students to look for the 'easy way out', and doesn't teach anything worth holding on to for future refrences. There is one department who does their job and focuses on the students, and that is the history department. Overall this school is below average.
I think this school could be a little better with parent/teacher communication when a student isn't doing so well i.e. missing or incomplete assignments or not doing well with tests. That way the parents and teacher could come up with a plan to help the student do better. I know they have a lot of students but some of us parents do actually care about our kids.
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If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? Ireland, France, England, Egypt
If you could have your dream job, it would be...what? A full time encourager.
What would you like them to say about you ..after you're gone? She left an afterglow of love.
What are 3 things you'd like to do before you die? Find inner peace, lose this weight, travel abroad
What movie star would you love to look like? Catherine Zeta Jones
What is your biggest strength? The ability to keep getting up
What is your biggest weakness? Chocolate...lol
What is your favorite color? Blue...and then there's pink :)
What is your signature perfume or cologne? Millenia by Avon..discontinued :(
What kind of music do you like? All kinds...lean toward Motown sound
What obstacle would you like to overcome? Myself
Are you a morning person or a night owl? Both
Do you drive fast or slow...or right at the speed limit? Speed limit
Are you a rule keeper or a rule breaker? Rule keeper..until I break the rule..lol.
What do you say to yourself when you look in the mirror? Hmmm...
When is the last time you cried? Yesterday...the movie, Flicka
When is the last time you laughed? Today...at myself
Are you weak or strong? Strong
Are you serious or carefree? Seriously carefree..lol
What is the one thing you can't live without? God / Love
What movie do you never get tired of seeing? Legends of the Fall
What book have you read more than 3 times? The Bible
If you could have any kind of car, what would it be? Mustang
Do you like yourself? Yes
Do you sing when you're by yourself? Yes
If you were to give a speech, what topic would you choose? Endurance
Do you think people like you? Yes
What sport do you wish you could participate in? Archery
Do you spend more time looking back or looking ahead? Looking back
Finish this sentence: Someday, I'd like to ....? Write a book
What is your favorite thing to daydream about? Having my husband home again
Do you spend more time being happy or sad? Happy
Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Both
What is your pet peave? People who won't listen
What makes you smile? My children and grandchildren
If you could be any animal..what would you be? A wild horse
What charity do you support the most? T.A.O.S.T. in Uganda
What is your favorite time of day? The early morning sunrise
What is your favorite number? 2
What is your favorite day of the week? Tuesday...don't know why..lol
Have a relaxing Sunday, everybody!
Feel free to copy and paste this quiz...just delete my answers and put your own in.
I sometimes like these quizzes as they make for an easy blog day...lol.
Are you stressed out?
Are you stressin'?
We all have a certain amount of stress in our lives and some of us have found ways to
handle, manage or elimnate certain "stressors". Since we're pretty focused on weight loss and stress has a way...or we allow it to trigger an eating binge..I am all for finding
ways to decrease the effects of stress in my life.
I always start by looking at the word itself...seeing how it is defined. I don't know why,
but for me...it helps.
Stress: Etymology: Middle English stresse, distress, short for destresse
Date: 14th century
1 : constraining force or influence: as a : a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part; a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.
Synonyms for: stress
try, strain, afflict
Synonyms for pressure:
coerce, hale, squeeze,
pressure, force
Synonyms for: strain
strive, reach, strain
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
tense up, tighten
deform, distort
shape, form
Synonyms for: anxiety
anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy,
unquiet, troubled
Stress and Anxiety are companions..they walk together..they talk together..they play together.
They're always inviting others to come to their party...
Their guest list can sometimes include characters like:
I don't wish to party with them anymore...I have before...didn't wake up happy...didn't make me a happy camper. I understand that we all have to endure some stress in our lives...I guess the stress I'm talking about it "undue pressure"...the kind of stress that causes illness.
Here's an excerpt from "Reflections on Life and How To Live It" by H.R Stevens �1993
A life with no stress would be rather dull and boring, but a life with too much stress would be dangerous. Stress in human life has been compared to the tension on a violin string; no stress/tension -no music; too much tension and it makes a little music before it snaps. However, the right amount of tension and beautiful music is the result. So you need to find the amount of stress that is right for you.
Sometimes the amount of stress in your life indicates the emphasis and significance you attach to various events. For example, if you attach a great deal of importance to marriage, the threat of divorce could produce high stress. But, if marriage is not that important to you, the threat of divorce would not be stressful. Adjusting to single life after marriage produces high stress much the same as adjusting to married life after being single.
In order to effectively manage stress, you need to know your body and how it feels when you experience a change in your regular routine or face a crisis. Stress can cause tension in the neck and shoulder muscles or it can cause headaches. For some people stress unsettles the stomach while with others it could settle in the vocal cords causing the voice to go off-key. It could cause cramps in the legs or a combination of other symptoms. To simply take an aspirin and hope for the best, is to throw caution to the wind and take your chances that the situation won't get worse.
I believe the early church handled stress better than our generation, because the Bible says, "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people..." (Acts 2:46-47) You see, where members of a congregation are close and share each others cares, stress rarely reaches uncontrollable levels. But when members are suspicious or envious, they tend to keep a lot of frustration bottled up inside and suffer in silence. There is a passage in James' writings that is profitable for spiritual well-being, but it also has physical value as well: "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed..." (James 5:16) Having a good friend to talk to, a good prayer life and a good plan for exercise and relaxation should help to reduce and maintain a safe stress level in your life.
Starting on my quest for "Less Stress"..lol
Feel free to comment on how you handle stress in your life.
The camradery and close knit group of sparkfriends and the way they rally together to
help eachother is fantastic! So thankful for each and every one of you!
I just love helpful tips and here are a few from the RealAge website!
Your blood pressure could be lower just by indulging more in this sweet tropical treat: bananas.
Cheap and plentiful year-round, bananas are bursting with potassium. And a review of several major studies suggests that people who add the potassium equivalent of an extra 1 1/2 to 2 bananas to their day could drop their blood pressure 2 to 3 points.
Drink a glass of this with your oatmeal to help elevate your breakfast to superfood status: orange juice.
Why? The nutrients in oatmeal and OJ work synergistically to provide double the benefits you'd expect from simply adding their powers together.
Want to burn more calories during the day? Then hit the snooze button.
Seriously. Recent research shows how a sleep deficit does more than foster cappuccino cravings. A lack of slumber may also increase your risk for weight gain -- even if you're not overeating.
For a razor-sharp memory, give your mouth this 6-calorie snack to munch on: a stalk of celery.
Celery is a top source of a high-powered flavonoid known as luteolin, and these compounds may help cool off destructive inflammation in the brain's memory center (otherwise known as the hippocampus). Not a bad trade for 6 calories.
Your body might be able to break down fat better if you do this one simple thing: stand more.
A small study suggests that when people sit around too much, enzymes that help break down fat are practically turned off. Bad news not just for your waist but also for your heart and artery health. The solution? Fidget, pace, get up, get down. Do whatever you have to do to move those legs of yours. Often.
It's long been a favorite of midnight moviegoers, and research now shows that it could give your gastrointestinal (GI) tract the red-carpet treatment, too. It's popcorn.
An 18-year study suggests that eating a couple of servings of the stuff each week could do nice things for your colon, like reduce the risk of diverticulitis by 28 percent. www.realage.com/tips/fortify-your-GI-tract-with-this-midnight-munchie
For more youthful knee joints -- or anything that bends -- consider what's in your kitchen.
These six foods could be your best medicine: berries, ginger, avocado, flaxseeds, omega-3-rich fish, and soy. Research shows they help stifle joint-damaging inflammation, according to John La Puma, MD, author of ChefMD: The Big Book of Culinary Medicine. www.realage.com/tips/6-foods-that-knees-dig
Here's an easy trick for cranking up the disease-fighting power of your peanuts: Roast them.
Peanuts already pack a solid protein, fiber, and fatty-acid punch. But a new study suggests that dark roasting your peanuts will release more disease-fighting phenolic compounds from the nuts' cellular structures
How much of the sweet stuff can you have without blowing a healthful eating plan?
If you want to ward off excess pounds and heart disease, heart experts recommend you use this simple cap: 100 calories. That's about how many calories' worth of added sugar you should limit yourself to each day
Fruit, veggies, exercise -- they all make the heart-healthy list. And now, according to a new study, so does this breakfast staple: cereal.
But we're not talking about Cocoa Puffs. We're talking about whole-grain cereals -- like steel-cut oats, shredded wheat, or muesli. Men in a study who noshed at least once a week on whole-grain cereals were significantly less likely to experience heart failure. www.realage.com/tips/a-breakfast-staple-that-blocks-heart-failure
Just a few tip from realage.com website. You can even sign up for the tip of the day...I think I will!
Here's a good article with tips on turning negative self talk into positive.
Reduce Stress and Improve Your Life with Positive Self Talk
Develop the Positive Self Talk Habit!
By Elizabeth Scott, M.S., About.com Guide
Updated: November 01, 2007
Patterns of negative or positive self-talk often start in childhood. Usually, the self-talk habit
is one that�s colored our thinking for years, and can affect us in many ways, influencing the experience of stress to our lives. However, any time can be a good time to change it! Here are some ways you can stop yourself from using negative self-talk and use your mind to boost your productivity and self-esteem, and relieve stress.
Notice Your Patterns:
The first step toward change is to become more aware of the problem. You probably don�t realize how often you say negative things in your head, or how much it affects your experience. The following strategies can help you become more conscious of your internal dialogue and its content.
Journal Writing: Whether you carry a journal around with you and jot down negative comments when you think them, write a general summary of your thoughts at the end of the day, or just start writing about your feelings on a certain topic and later go back to analyze it for content, journaling can be an effective tool for examining your inner process.
Thought-Stopping: As you notice yourself saying something negative in your mind, you can stop your thought mid-stream my saying to yourself �Stop�. Saying this aloud will be more powerful, and having to say it aloud will make you more aware of how many times you are stopping negative thoughts, and where.
Rubber-Band Snap: Another therapeutic trick is to walk around with a rubber band around your wrist; as you notice negative self-talk, pull the band away from your skin and let it snap back. It�ll hurt a little, and serve as a slightly negative consequence that will both make you more aware of your thoughts, and help to stop them! (Or, if you don�t want to subject yourself to walking around with a rubber band on your wrist, you�ll be even more careful to limit the negative thoughts!)
Replace Negative Statements:
A good way to stop a bad habit is to replace it with something better. Once you�re aware of your internal dialogue, here are some ways to change it:
Milder Wording: Have you ever been to a hospital and noticed how the nurses talk about �discomfort� instead of �pain�? This is generally done because �pain� is a much more powerful word, and discussing your �pain� level can actually make your experience of it more intense than if you�re discussing your �discomfort� level. You can try this strategy in your daily life. In your self-talk, turning more powerful negative words to more neutral ones can actually help neutralize your experience. Instead of using words like �hate� and �angry� (as in, �I hate traffic! It makes me so angry!�), you can use words like �don�t like� and �annoyed� (�I don�t like traffic; it makes me annoyed,� sounds much milder, doesn�t it?)
Change Negative to Neutral or Positive: As you find yourself mentally complaining about something, rethink your assumptions. Are you assuming something is a negative event when it isn�t, necessarily? (For example, having your plans cancelled at the last minute can be seen as a negative, but what you do with your newly-freed schedule can be what you make of it.) The next time you find yourself stressing about something or deciding you�re not up to a challenge, stop and rethink, and see if you can come up with a neutral or positive replacement.
Change Self-Limiting Statements to Questions: Self-limiting statements like �I can�t handle this!� or �This is impossible!� are particularly damaging because they increase your stress in a given situation and they stop you from searching for solutions. The next time you find yourself thinking something that limits the possibilities of a given situation, turn it into a question. Doesn�t �How can I handle this?� or �How is this possible?� sound more hopeful and open up your imagination to new possibilities?
You can also help yourself develop more positive self talk by bringing more positive energy into your life.
Here's the link to the article and there are more resources available to check out...like positive affirmations, spiritual spring cleaning, etc... enjoy!
I personally liked the suggestion to just say; STOP!!! ..or turning it into a question....I think that one would really work for me.
I absolutely ate a couple of things that I shouldn't have...yesterday.
I condemned myself...but not for long. What's with me...am I sabotaging myself? I felt proud for losing a total of 20 lbs and have almost given myself "permission" to blow it...
...funny thing...in my mind..I'm calling it a "reward".
Why do we have to "reward" ourselves all the time? Hmmmm....food for thought.
Food for thought has no calories..lol...yeah, right. :)
So I got on the scale and was amazed...I didn't gain a pound. ...not ONE pound!!!Surprised...yes,but in my mind..I just knew I'd gained.
It's all good...because I can see that I must work harder at battling negative "self-talk" and old mindsets.
***Note to self: Stop relying on the past to tell you how to think or feel. Live in the now....for t his moment. Live in this moment...mentally....emotionally!
Strongholds can and will be taken down...brick by brick... now let's get busy....we've got work to do!!!


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|[Graded][mission - CANCELLED] Panty Police
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|Luna Kage
|Oct 9 2011, 09:58 PM Post #1
Luna and Dran had finally got a mission. Well you could say it was a mission. Really it was just a bunch of girls missing their panties and for some reason they couldn't find the one doing this. Dran was going to be one of two ways: Either really embarrassed or really weird about it. How it was going to work she wasn't sure since this was an all girls' school. But the people wanted their panites back an Luna couldn't blame them on this fact. Not having them and having to buy more sucked all the money out of you.
With a sigh Luna stepped into the school with dran right behind her. this was going to be a struggle for her in some way or another. And maybe it was Dran that was stealing all the panties. He had always joked about dressing up as a girl. Though it was to get her to laugh the image was still embeded in her mind and made her try and hold back a smile. It was hard yes, but she managed to do this.
her brown eyes glanced upon what looked like the girl who wanted to get this mission over with. "Hi. I'm Luna and this is Dran. We're here to help you find your missing...items. So they strike only on Tuesdays is it? We'll find the person for you no problem!" Luna smiled trying to let the girl know she was going to be alright in her time of need.
|Oct 9 2011, 11:34 PM Post #2
Dran couldn't help but giggle at this "mission" it was very funny that someone one would ask for help in public but a job was a job and it was some easy money. "Hello I am Dran and don't worry we will stop the GREAT PANTY BANDIT! I shall call him GPB for short." Dran the very sheepishly turned to Luna with a big smile on his face. "We are really great good a jobs like these in fact we already have some what of a plan after we gain a few leads. Right Luna?" Dran said giving her an evil smile as he leaned up against a wall causally like a slick traveling sales man.
Luna may not have known what his plan was but he was going to have her agree to it before she even knew. This would be payback for making him pay for lunch earlier. "So tell us everything you know and anyone that you think maybe doing it! The more info the better!" Dran said he pushed himself quickly off the wall. "We are one of the best teams I know of! I remember this one time this kid Keith knocking down peoples snowmen without others knowing so me and Luna camped out one night and caught him doing it! So I mean there some credit right there! We were kids then and we managed to catch Keith!" Dran said getting himself all excited. "WOOOOOOOOOO! I'm ready!" Dran said getting pumped to solve this case!
Edited by Dran, Oct 9 2011, 11:35 PM.
|Luna Kage
|Oct 9 2011, 11:59 PM Post #3
|Luna glanced back at Dran. He had something in mind. Was it something that had to do with the fact she made him pay for lunch? She didn't know what to do about this. What was he planning? Luna managed to control herself and close her eyes. "Yes we are very good at this. No worries the person will be stopped before you know it! ANything else we need to know other than the person stealing it from this room?" The girl shook her head. "Than we will have no other futher questions. We'll need to have full sue of the room until the stricker comes this way." With a smile she let the girls leave and shut the door. And that's when the smile went away as she glanced at Dran. "Now...how do you expect to get the person?"
|Oct 10 2011, 12:18 AM Post #4
Dran smiled at Luna and even laughed a bit as he was going to explain everyone. "Well Luna you both know we are accomplished hunters and hunting a thief who is only after one thing isn't that different! Know when hunting deer or moose what do we use that we know will lure them in! Food of course! In the harsh winter you need all the calories you can get to survive! Now just trade off the animal with a panty thief! What is he after! Panties of course! The only problem is I do not have any panties only boxers but thankfully we do have bait..." Dran said as he turned away from Luna laughing a bit. He couldn't wait to see Luna reaction! He was hoping that she would be shocked.
"Luna! We are going to use... your..." Dran stop to giggle his face turning red trying not to burst out laughing in her face. "Panties... hopefully you have some bright red ones to make it easier to get his attention." Dran said bursting out laughing at the end of his sentence. Dran laughed a bit to hard as he began to cry a bit he thought it was so funny. The only problem was where would they start would it be left in the middle of the hall wall? Or would they get a room where they could stay and hide so the thief would break in when they least expected it. Though they had the right plan they didn't know apply it yet.
Edited by Dran, Oct 10 2011, 12:19 AM.
|Luna Kage
|Oct 10 2011, 12:38 AM Post #5
Luna's face turned red as she was hearing this. He wanted her...she had to..."HOW COULD YOU EVEN ASK SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! quickly she turned her voice down and glanced to the side, brushing her bangs out of her face, "But thankfully I brought a second pair if you managed to come up with that crazy idea." Luna pulled out a pair of purple panties before putting it back into her pocket. Now as to what was going to happen there was only one thing. They had to go around the school and see how large it was.
"Alright so first off we need to go around and find the lay out of the place. So if we see where all the rooms are and the classrooms and everything we might beable to track down the girl, or the GUY who is managing to get in here. Are you up for the tour Dran?" Luna crossed her arms and waited for Dran to respond to that. Maybe it was going to be hard between the laughing and the giggling and the her having a second pair on her. But that was after years of living around Dran. She had to keep all er options open to this.
|竜 Tenken
|Oct 10 2011, 12:43 AM Post #6
Women got the vote!
This mission has been cancelled until at least one (1) of the characters within it is actually within a Guild as non-Guilded characters can only accompany a Guilded Mage if they are not in a Guild themselves.
You both have my apologies and you shall each receive 100,000 Jewels as a compensation for a fail-started mission and as a reward for what shall be counted as an ordinarily graded thread.
This thread shall now be closed.
|Fafnir Rakesh
|Oct 10 2011, 04:40 AM Post #7
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WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU: A GRAMMY SALUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON, Featuring Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and More, to Air 11/16
"We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY®Salute To Whitney Houston" is set to air this Friday, Nov. 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network (www.cbs.com). The special, which was taped last month at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, features artists paying homage to the six-time GRAMMY winner with performances from four-time GRAMMY winner Yolanda Adams, five-time GRAMMY winner Celine Dion, GRAMMY and Academy Award® winner Jennifer Hudson, seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher, and 10-time GRAMMY winner CeCe Winans. Academy Award winner Halle Berry, actress Taraji P Henson, two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J and GRAMMY winner Britney Spears present a special collection of clips that celebrate Houston's life and artistry through performances and interviews. The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound. For updates and breaking news, please visit www.grammy.com and The Recording Academy®'s social networks on Twitter and Facebook:www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.
"We Will Always Love You" will include highlights of nearly all of Houston's GRAMMY telecast performances, her classic performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, and her first-ever television appearance on "The Merv Griffin Show" in the early '80s, among other iconic performances and exclusive interviews. The special will also feature other artists sharing their memories of Houston, as well as additional highlights of her career.
The first-ever definitive single disc collection of Houston's greatest hits, I Will Always Love You — The Best Of Whitney Houston, was released Tuesday, Nov. 13, and features 18 tracks, including two never-before-released songs. Additionally, an official Houston photo tribute book,Whitney: Tribute To An Icon, will be available for sale on Nov. 27.
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Houston was one of the biggest pop stars — male or female — of all time, selling more than 170 million combined albums, songs and videos, and garnering six GRAMMYs and two Emmy®s, as well as countless other awards and accolades. She graced the GRAMMY stage eight times over the years — one of a few artists who has had the distinction of performing the most times on the annual telecast. Most recently, she appeared as a presenter at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2009 (ultimately presenting Jennifer Hudson with her first GRAMMY, for Best R&B Album).
"We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston" is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ken Ehrlich is the executive producer. Louis J. Horvitz is director. Clive Davis, Tom Corson, and Kevin Beisler are producers.
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